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I wouldn't want to commute from Philly every day. There are parts of Wilmington that are nice. Look around Trolley Square (my first suggestion), Bancroft Blvd or around the reservoir. The corporate limits of Wilmington are small, so surrounding areas such as Greenville, Centerville or as Legend suggests, Hockessin, might be worth exploring. Additionally, you might look into Newark, a nearby college town.

Indeed Hockessin and Greenville (including the closer-in areas of Westover Hills, Westhaven and West Park) are very nice. However, the neighborhoods collectively known as North Wilmington are attractive too - basically everything identified as Brandywine Hundred. Warnings about Wilmington being unsafe pertain to the City of Wilmington, which is a very small area relative to the entire suburban sprawl loosely (if not strictly accurately) called "Wilmington". Even in the City of Wilmington, however, there are some very nice, reasonably safe neighborhoods, e.g. The Highlands, Wawaset Park, and for the most part Forty Acres and Trolley Square. This doesn't mean crime can't happen anywhere, but the gang banging is confined to poverty belts within the City.

The voices on this forum warning of the dangerousness and crime in Delaware or esp. in northern New Castle County tend to be very shrill and hyperbolic.

zeusss, You are aware that some banks in Wilmington are not in the city?

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